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 1120 FIFTY-FIFTH CONGRESS. Sess. III. Ch. 424. 1899. For the supreme court of the District of Columbia, one thousand five hundred dollars. For the Court of Claims, twelve thousand dollars. For the Library of Congress, twenty-five thousand dollars. For the Executive Office, two thousand dollars. ·5zfi¢¤l¤¤*{;*°P°**- For printing and binding the Annual Report of the Secretary of v°l'28'°`6Agriculture, asrequired by the Act approved January twelfth, eighteen hundred and ninety-five, three hundred thousand dollars, or so much · thereof as may be necessary. 1***l¤i·*¤ °* *1*1**** And no more than an allotment of one-half of the sum hereby appro- ’”M°°' priated shall be expended in the first two quarters of the iiseal year, and no more than one-fourth thereof may he expended in either of the last two quarters of the fiscal year, except that, in addition thereto, in either of said last quarters, the unexpended balances of allotments for MM- preceding quarters may be expended: Provided, That so much as may .;2$‘§.l'}°""‘ mm be necessary for printing and binding the Annual Report of the Secretary of Agriculture, as required by the Act approved January twelith, eighteen hundred and ninety-hve, shall not be included in said l - aHotments. 1-¤¤v¤¤ ¤f¤l>¤·¤•=¤· To enable the Public Printer to comply with the provisions of the law granting thirty days’ annual leave to the employees of the Government Printing Office, two hundred and ten thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary. cmmm Print Govnmzmrmr Pmrxrrne Ormon nomnme: That there be con- ’“‘§°‘f,‘$°,€;,,,,_,,,,, ,,, structed, upon the land acquired by the United States in square b¤i1di¤:¤¤¤¤¤¤i=··i· numbered six hundred and twenty-four, in the city of Washington, "”“*"Y“‘ District of Columbia, under the provisions of the Act entitled *•An Act making appropriations for sundry civil expenses of the Government for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-nine and for other pu.rposes," approved July first, eighteen hundred and ninety-eight, a fireproof building for the use of the Government Printing Office, at a total cost, including approaches, elevators, lighting, and heating apparatus, not exceeding two million dollars. Chien! E¤si¤•9r¤. That the building herein provided for shall be erected under the QQ?" *° °“p°""°’ direction and supervision of the Chief of Engineers of the Army, by contract or hired labor, or both, as may be to the best interests of the United States, and upon plans and specifications to be prepared by 0<>¤¤r¤¤¤- him and approved by the Public Printer. And the said Chief of Engineers is hereby authorized to enter into a contract or contracts for the construction of the whole or of any part of said building and for the removal of the old dwellings and other buildings now standing upon said land, ubject to appropriations to be made therefor by Congress, and he shall also have the employment of all persons connected with {_’{¤¤l••- the work: Provided, however, That the selection and appointment of "'"' a competent architect to prepare the plains and specifications for the elevations of said building shall be made by the said Chief of Engineers and the Public Printer jointly. _ Apmpmuon- · Toward the construction of said building and for each and every purpose connected therewith, including the cost of all professional and other personal services that the Chief of Engineers of the Army may deem necessary, and for the rent of ohioe rooms in a locality convenient to the work three hundred and fifty thousand dollars, to be immediately available. This appropriation and all appropriations which may hereafter be made for this purpose shall be expended under the direction and supervision of the said Chief of Engineers. Ap_p¤>pm¤q¤ for Sec. 2. That all sums appropriated by this Act for salaries of officers Q§l‘f"°’ ‘° "° "‘ ""L and employees of the Government shall bein full for such salaries for R=-p¤¤r the fiscal year nineteen hundred, and all laws or parts of laws in couilict with the provisions of this Act be, and the same are hereby, repealed. Approved, March 3, 1899.